Thank you, Mr. Chair. Most of these areas are areas that we will be providing a lot more detail, but I will give some general comments regarding the issues that Mr. Bromley has raised.
First of all, the review of energy systems is a certain part of our asset management responsibilities and we always look for best practices as to what is happening in other jurisdictions and new technology, of course, we are always very mindful of cost and climate, being able to operate in this type of environment and climate.
The NWT Power Corporation has come on stream as to our petroleum products division responsibilities. It was an attempt to lower the cost of fuel through economies of scale, and, absolutely, they do charge for the cost of the fuel through this. It’s actually of benefit to them to work with us.
The Deferred Maintenance Program is something that is much needed. We have certainly tried to get as much investment in this area to tackle the deficit that we’re dealing with. We are completing our final inspections in this coming year and it’s the same as the Woodpile Program; we are in our third year in that program and any further repairs through the Woodpile Program will be done through the new program called Deferred Maintenance.
The question was raised about the possibility of closing down some of the tank farms as a result of wood pellets. We’re not quite at that stage. I’m not sure if we’d ever remove a tank farm until at some point we were totally comfortable. We have been working towards increasing the use of pellets and in a lot of our facilities we’ve added a number this year and will continue to do so. So far the potential for pellets has only been demonstrated in the southern part of the NWT and we’ve got to be starting to look at how we can accommodate that as we look at the cost of operation of our facilities further north. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.